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  Odisha presents supplementary budget of Rs 7,144 crore

  November 29, 2013 22:20 IST

  Bhubanewar: Amidst pandemonium by opposition Congress MLAs, Finance Minister Prasanna Acharya today presented the supplementary budget of Rs 7,144.58 crore with provision of more than Rs 2,000 crore for restoration and rehabilitation of the cyclone

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  Montek Singh Ahluwalia pitches for more Free Trade Agreements

  November 06, 2013 20:59 IST

  New Delhi: Coming out in favour of free trade pacts, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that India "clearly and unambiguously" needs to ink more such agreements. India has signed free trade pact

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  China to fund $20 billion in Iran projects: Report

  November 03, 2013 16:00 IST

  Tehran: A report by an Iranian media website says China has agreed to finance USD 20 billion in development projects in Iran using oil money not transferred to the Islamic Republic because of international sanctions.The

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  Policy on surplus coal usage may be ready by November

  July 04, 2013 19:40 IST

  New Delhi, July 4: The draft policy on the usage of surplus coal from captive mines circulated to concerned ministries is likely to be finalised by this November-end, a coal ministry source said on Thursday.The

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  Shinde, Chidambaram take charge of Home, Finance

  Politics | September 19, 2012 12:45 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 1: After a gap of about four years, P Chidambaram today returned as head of the Finance Ministry amid urgency to give a boost to the sagging economy.  Known for taking tough

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  External Debt Rises To USD 317 Billion

  November 23, 2011 17:51 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 23: India's external debt rose by 3.4 per cent in the first three months of the current fiscal to touch USD 316.9 billion as on June 30, 2011, on account of an

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  LPG, Diesel Price Hike Next Month

  India | May 26, 2011 22:39 IST

  New Delhi, May 26: After petrol, price of diesel, LPG and kerosene are likely to be hiked next month when a ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee meets to decide on passing rise

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  Mitra Gets Finance, Former Naxal Leader Gets Labour

  India | May 21, 2011 16:37 IST

  Kolkata, May 21: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today allocated portfolios to her newly sworn-in council of ministers, keeping to herself nine departments, including Home, Land and Land Reforms.Her other departments are Information and

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  Joint Panel Will Decide On Videography, Says Minister

  India | April 11, 2011 17:30 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 11: A decision to videograph the proceedings of the Joint Committee on Lokpal Bill as sought by Gandhian Anna Hazare have to taken by the drafting panel itself, its member Union Minister

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  No Constitutional Bar On Introducing Vidhan Parishad : Pranab

  Politics | April 04, 2011 8:33 IST

  Kolkata, Apr 4 :  Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee has said there was no constiutional bar on introducing Vidhan Parishad (Upper House) as suggested by Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee in

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  No Differences With RBI On New Bank Licence Norms: Pranab

  India | March 27, 2011 22:08 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 27: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today termed as “conjectures and media speculations” the reported differences between him and the Reserve Bank of India on capping FDI at 49 per cent in new commercial

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